New York, NY – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring leadership that is critically needed to fight climate change after the East Coast devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
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The endorsement from the politically independent and popular third-term mayor was a major boost for Obama, who is spending the campaign’s final days trying to win over independent voters whose voices will be critical in determining who wins Tuesday’s election.
Both candidates had eagerly sought the nod from Bloomberg, who didn’t endorse a presidential candidate in 2008.
As New York continued to pick up the pieces after the superstorm devastated parts of the city this week, Bloomberg said Sandy had made the stakes of the election even clearer. He said the climate is changing and that Obama has taken major steps in the right direction.
“We need leadership from the White House, and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption,” Bloomberg wrote in an online opinion piece, citing higher fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and stricter controls on mercury emissions.
A billionaire businessman and former Republican, Bloomberg praised Romney as a good man who would bring valuable business experience to the White House. But he said Romney had reversed course on a number of important issues, including immigration, health care and abortion.
“If the 1994 or 2003 version of Mitt Romney were running for president, I may well have voted for him because, like so many other independents, I have found the past four years to be, in a word, disappointing,” Bloomberg wrote.
Obama issued a statement welcoming the endorsement and pledging to continue to stand with New York in its time of need.
“While we may not agree on every issue, Mayor Bloomberg and I agree on the most important issues of our time – that the key to a strong economy is investing in the skills and education of our people, that immigration reform is essential to an open and dynamic democracy, and that climate change is a threat to our children’s future, and we owe it to them to do something about it,” Obama said.
Bloomberg endorsed Republican President George W. Bush’s re-election in 2004.
Who remember the movie “Dumb and Dumber” ??
Another good reason not to vote for Obama , Down with king Bloomberg, you should rot in HELL
do i smell something ? for some reason this comes 1 day after democrats are trashing him for telling obama go take a hike, dont tour NY sandy damages, no time for photo-ops, seems like he is trying to do damage control
“Bum”-berg’s endorsement is yet another reason not to vote for Obama.
You got to be one to know one. How many times has bloomberg reversed positions?
Oy… This is becoming the United States of Liberals.
Bloomberg endorsed him…. thats why I wont vote for him.
so now i know for sure to vote for romney
This is all we need to know about bloomberg people lost there homes,no power,no gas,some sections of the city no food we still don’t know how many people got killed but the only thing on his mind is
the other day Bloomberg didn’t need any help from the president, i guess he is just playing hard ball..
Why does he need Bloomberg’s endorsement?
I think yest not allowing Obama to visit NYC was part of his control. Yest NO Today YES. He has imaginations in his dreams that he is the President.
May he dream of 10K hats
Endorsing this pro-gay, anti-Israel president after the Great Flood shows some people will never get it.
u cant decide hes worth voting for because of his responsible after-storm leadership. hed get destroyed by his own administration and this countrys citizens if he showed lack of concern
This Bloomberg character took us for a ride so many times including the 3rd term fiasco he approved and immediatly after winning it reducing it back to 2 terms.
Any NY’er that is not upset with this man, is either not playing with a full head of marbles or simply enjoys pain. This dictator is simply abusing us in the worst possible way while trying to convince us how great he is with that ugly smirk on his face.
This is a dispicable man in so many ways and the fact that he backs Obama, is reason enough to vote for Romney
Loi lechinum hulach hazazir ….
“the incumbent Democrat will bring leadership that is critically needed to fight climate change” wow BLOOMBER believes obama will change the climate!!!
lets ged rid of both plzzzzz
Scientists who believe in global warming use the same fuzzy math King Bloomberg’s health department used for Matzitz B’Peh, Bloomberg time to start reading some history about the hurricane of 1938 no global warming at that time also year 1893, 1869, 1821 and more , i think he may need a hurricane of 100.000 black hats tho set his mind right
So what else is new?
All self hating Jews or Soney Yisroel, all support Obama.
Even if Osama Ben Ladin was running for President as the Democratic Candidate, all die hard Democrats always BLINDLY endorse democrats even if his name is Osama Ben Ladin.
Bloomberg is preciely such a Mindless blind ‘Chamor’ that “auto endorses” democrats even if it’s Al Sharpoton or Osama Ben Ladin or Sadam Husein – as long as they are part of the democratic party machine.
The Despicable Arrogant Emperor of New York has spoken…….
“Fighting climate change” is a code word for “I’m rich so I don’t care if the cost of everything goes up for everyone else to pay for environmental measures.”
Its all about his Empire of. $$$$ billions. If the lying disgusting liberal media start bad mouthing his company his stock price will plunge.
He is worried about his farmaygin plain simple selfishness.
“Like so many other independents, I have found the past four years to be — in a word — disappointing,” the mayor wrote.
HAHA he changed party 3 times democrat. republican, independent, and he is saying what “independents” are thinking!
change back to republican you will start thinking like a republican!
change back democrat you will start thinking like a democrat!
This King bloomy really thinks that normal hard working folks are a punch of idiots!
A piece of scum.
With obama and his supreme court appointees bloomberg will have his way and make nyc judenrein
“popular third-term mayor”
Huh? What planet are they living on?
Who is he to say about leadership, he is the one that has no leadership, look what has happened to NY since he is Mayor.
Go bloomberg go you don’t have what to do with your time only to be busy with stupid things like globe warming and same sex marriage and metzize and bike lanes that’s the only thing that concerns you go go go go go go ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Hope and Change gets bigger. Bloomberg is an asset to our future. A good call and an honest man.
Could be he is worried that when Obama loses and being that he did not endorse him, a lame duck President Would get revenge pay back Bloomerg big time, so he gives the endorsement.
But we anyway know for whom he will vote.